The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-17
MARY JAMES TRAVELS.
THE ENGLISH CITY OF PLYMOUTH
HELD UP TO OUR VIEW.
The Old Maid and the Maiden Meet ana
Are Charmed with Woman Hotel
CIerk-The Age Of the Buildings, the
Red Coats Of the Soldiers, Etc.
lsneclnl Correspondence

| come home from temperance meeting. We
thought we were going to have land sick
mes, which is the negative Of sea sickness in
cause. vet similar in effect. but we have es-
caped that affection after we had passed
through the hands Of the customs officers.
When got into the hotel we had selected,
which was the best in town, because Dlckey
said wc had 10 make fine display for a be-
ginning and impress the foreign element, l
| found that Young woman at the little cubby
/ hole Of an office talking % female on the
! inside This lady, upon inquiry, / learned
was the hotel clerk, and Immediately It oc-
Cured 10 me that wOmans lot was not 50
dreadful bad after all. knew American ho-
tcl clerks in bewildering bedazzlement Of
| diamonds and vanished shirt bosonis ruling
guest, with a pen of iron behind their ears; /
| knew them as naughty and imperious KING
/ lets: | knew them arrayed as Solomon would
not dare 10 rig himself out; knew them as
the autocIats OF lodging and meals, and
! thought if the women Of England had de-
| throncd such men they certainly had taken "A
! long step toward the goal Of our cherished
ambition.
We gave this one our names, but not place
! Of residence. for she did not ask u, and she
gave Us a room, which We could not reach
! bv elevator. or "lift' as they call it here, for
there wasn't any, 50 we climbed the golden
stair
When the servant left Us alone, Dickey
began nosing around like a strange cat IN a
garrett
For eoo,ines. sake. Dickey,H said T. what
arc Il hunting forf
"Nothng that haven't found, said she.
"Herc's towels, and soapand water, and fire
ready and gas and q bell cord
~Wcl. what Of itN said |.
"Why.r said she, "they told me at home
that European hotels didn't have any con-
veuienccs, and that the traveller mad I"
furnish pretty much everything and pay the
hotel for the privileges"
wait till YOU get on 10 the continent,
sald l.: England is not q foreign country
We mched comfortably in the hotel and
then started ont for our first sight seeing IN a
lanl beyond the seas.
We had noticed, coming up % the hotel,
how very old and quaint many Of the houses
were. and as we walked about the other
quarters of the town. we found These evi-
dcmccs Of age multiplied; the Globe hotel,
for instance, which has been a tavern for 400
years.
How a.sthetici" said Dickey as We looked
at it. why didn't you sop here, Mary
JaneT
because dear said l. "asthetici,m in art
and aesthetcism IN hotels, where the peri
patetic roach and the omnivorous bed bug
have enjoyed opportunities for developing
culture for four centuries, are entirely aliler-
ent things don't say it Of this hotel, but II
il were in America its permanent residents Of
that character would be liable 70 get loose
any night and drag the house aud It's guests
clear over into the adjacent county
Everywhere we went we saw the red coats
of soldiers, and somehow 1t occurred 10 me
that there was more Of them than was neces-
sary in time Of peace, and / made some IN.
uuly. ! learned that Plymouth was one Of
The most strongly fortified towns in England,
and that the soldier element was one of Its
features. They were dandy looking fellows,
with little round caps on their heads, switch
canes in their hands and "A MASKING AIR which
caught the girls at every turn Among the
red coats were some Scotch Highlanders in
kits. and they were very natty, although
their bare knees and legs would have excited
comment. and a police raid, probably, If they
hal appeared on the streets Of an American
city.
@Thats an appropriate suit for a soldier,
should think said Dickey, "a one passed u.s.
what suitn said /, looking at a red coat.
"Ihe Kilt one, ia she freshly
DIrish chestnut" said | severely, ami
changed the subject
We took a cab along in the afternoon and
Il C.lfaah ruiItgur Irln
crossing th, lamar at Satash and connecting
the counties of Devonshire and Cornwall,
Plymouth being in Deyonshire. IL Is fine
structure. 2JJ feet above water, and rests on
much more graceful abutments and piers
than our American bridges.
o. our way Jack wodrove through Devon
Dot. the new part Of Plymouth, and Stone
bous,. which. with old Plymouth, constitute
tri,l,cate Of towns under the name Of Ply
month ami have population Of about 5000
81 wonder how many Americans know how
II rot i,s nance said Dickey.
Are YOU ouer said
DNo." said She: "hOwr
, ~B ..au,c IL J., situated at the mouth Of the
river Plym, said l.
.Tbanls." said she Il have heard the
T nam. Plymouth ever since knew there was
PILGRIM. but it never occurred 70 me before
to ask why il should have such a name
1 then proceeded 10 explain To her that
there were several streams coming TO focus
: at that point. and it was owing considerably
10 them that Plymouth had so much ship
, room and had been for hundreds Of years a
great shipping point and naval station for
ENGLAND Fourteen miles south, ia once
DANGEROUS ref. j, the Eddystone Lighthouse,
, the best known probably in the world. The
4 game was giyeA because Of the eddying OF
, tic waters about the stones and as early Us
1896 a lighthouse was built there. IL was
sixty feet high bui the waves dashed over It
l SO that il was ruh up 10 over 10 feet II
was criticised. and the architect said be only
wanted Il chance TO show his faith IN his
work ly being ia it during a storm. The
chance came in l1u3 ond architect, light
| house and all ON lolrl were swept away one
u.,ht ia a great storm. Two more were
erected. the tnird, after standing l2O years,
being torn down in 1873 to be replaced by the
pr,s.ut one. finished in 1852